MacBook Pro 13" Retina - do I need 16gb RAM

[MHB]

I'm looking at one of these, which has 8gb Ram and 512SSD as standard. I had planned to upgrade to 16gb Ram as a bit of 'future proofing', but based on that fact it'll only be used for general office duties and watching a few movies, wondered if it's needed?

I'm also at Gatwick today, and they have the standard 8gb model at a £150 saving on the price from Apple??

Any thoughts welcome.

[MHB]

Thanks for all the replies, and in usual PH fashion opinions are divided!

From a purely financial perspective, I can get the 8gb version for £1,249 or the 16gb for £1,559 - so the question is, for those who recommend going for the 16gb, is it worth £310 more for an additional 8gb?

[MHB]

Jakg said:

Plus, it's £160 extra for 16GB vs 8GB. It's not cheap - but it's not £310!

The 8GB version is £1,249 in Dixons at Gatwick (£150 off the Apple price), but they can't do the 16GB version as this is only available on line. This would be the Apple price + £160 for the extra 8GB - hence the £310 difference.

[MHB]

Many thanks to all for the replies, I am going to go for the 8gb version.

[MHB]

It's the 2.8GHz i5 model.